| Sunday, July
27 2014 |
Korean
War Armistice Date 1953 |
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| Friday, July
25 2014 |
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Gabriel Stern
is here with a very complicated and involved build of his 1/72 Heller-based scratchbuilt Potez 62.
Gabriel scratchbuilt the whole interior and then finsihed it in
Argentinean livery. This was a very extensive project as you
will see in his article and there is a link in his article to the
full build article. WOW WOW WOW!!!
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Burt
Gustafson has done splendid job on his 1/48 HobbyBoss Rafale
C Fighter. This is actually a model of the Rafale C
prototype (Rafale C01) and Burt tells the history of this and other
Rafale prototypes and then goes on to detail the build and the areas
that need special attention. This is a stealthy Rafale with
it's flat black paint and Burt's finished model look very
sharp.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
British Sea Harrier pilot, Falklands War from
Aerobonus.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/72
F-15C Eagle Electronic Boxes from
QuickBoost.
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| Thursday, July
24 2014 |
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Jens Gerber
built his beautiful 1/48 Eduard Bf 109 G6 Profi Kit with
some added stretched spue antenna wires plus cannons / pitot
tubes. He then finished it in mid-war markings for Ofw. Alfred
Surau with 9/JG 3. I love the camo scheme Jens chose for his
109.....it looks perfect.
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Sertac Bayar
is here with 2 F-5's wearing Turkish Stars markings. These are
his 1/48 Academy - Testors NF-5A & B with scratchbuilt
details in the cockpit and landing gear and custom painted markings
to get these exciting and eye catching paint schemes. These
have got to be one of the best looking schemes worn by Turkish
jets. I love the look of both of them Sertac.
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Zdenek Fabik
went all out detailing and finishing his stunning 1/72 Tamiya P-51D Mustang.
Zdenek used an Aires cockpit set and Eduard photo etch to get
all the detail right before he gave it a flawless bare metal finish
with the very cool markings for "Fighting Duck" flown by
Capt. Donald R. Emerson. This Mustang would be the highlight
of any display case. |
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Gary Wickham
is here with his very eye
catching
1/48 Hasegawa A-4E Skyhawk. This Scooter is posed
in-flight with re-positioned control surfaces and finished off with
Twobobs decals and just the perfect amount of weathering.. I love
the look of these aggressor jets. |
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Here's a product article
for the 1/32
J2M3 Raiden Gun Barrels from
QuickBoost.
This set is designed for
the Zoukei Mura kit.
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| Wednesday,
July 23 2014 |
Egypt National Day
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Waldemar Pupar
has done an exceptional job painting and weathering his 1/48 Dragon Ju-88 C6.
Waldemar chose to finish his JU-88 in the very difficult
weathered lokk of the winter camo worn on the Eastern Front during
WW2. Amazing work Waldemar.
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Christophe Coudert
is here with his big beautiful 1/32 Academy CF-188 Canadian Hornet.
Christophe built this beauty with plenty of aftermarket sets and
finished in as a Canadian jet for his friend that is a CF-188 pilot
with 409 Sqd in Cold Lake. It looks fantastic Christophe.
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Will Hendriks
is here with his 1/48 Tamiya Spitfire Mk Ia. Will
added detail to the cockpit and exterior of his Spitfire and then
gave it some gentle weathering to complete the look. Today is
the opening of the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow and this
particular Spitfire was flown by a Scottish pilot. |
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Deun
Yu is here with his excellent looking 1/72 Tamiya Rafale C.
Deun added extra detail to get his Rafale looking right. He
has included some excellent in-flight photos of his Rafale. |
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
F4U-7 Corsair Engine from QuickBoost.
This set is designed for
the Hasegawa kit.
This detail set is
available directly from
Sprue
Brothers Models.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/32
Su-27 Missile Pylons from
Zactomodels.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
Dassault Mirage F.1 - Pitot Tube & Angle Of Attack probe from
Master.
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| Tuesday,
July 22 2014 |
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Alacrán
starts today with a beautiful 1/72 Hasegawa AV-8B. Alacrán
added Quickboost aftermarket detail to the cockpit, undercarriage.
wheels, airbrake as well as photo etch from Eduard. This
Italian Harrier is wearing just the perfect amount of
weathering....this one is a beauty.
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Vjekoslav Ranec
is here with one of the Pearl Harbor defenders. This is
his flawless 1/48 Academy P-36A Hawk "Pajama Party". It
was flown by Phil Rasmussen during the attack on Pearl Harbor and
you can seem a pajama clad Phil Rasmussen figure climbing into the
cockpit in this diorama. This diorama is fantastic and
captures that historic scene from so long ago.
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Sebastian
Manfre has sent in pics and an article of his recently completed
1/48 Hasegawa F-14B in VF-103 markings. Sebastian
detail his Tomcat with a resin cockpit before giving his jet a 3
tone TPS camo scheme with fully and very realistic weathering.
I love those Jolly Rogers markings. |
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Martin Glogar
has done a stellar job on his 1/48 Hasegawa Bf-109K4. Martin
added a resin cockpit from Aires and left the canopy open so show
off all that wonderful cockpit detail. The camo is for a late
war 109 and it is quite the attractive paint scheme. Beautiful
work Martin. |
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Here's a product article
for the 1/72 BAC Lightning F.2 interior photo etch detail set from
Eduard
Model Accessories.
This set is designed for
the Trumpeter kit. |
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Here's a product article
for the 1/72
Gloster Gladiator Guns from
QuickBoost.
This set is designed for
the Airfix kit. |
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
B-17G ‘Hikin’ For Home’ decal sheet from
Mike
Grant Decals. |
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Here's a product article
for the 1/24
US Navy HA(L)-3 Seawolves decal sheet from
Fireball
Modelworks.
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| Monday,
July 21 2014 |
Belgium Independence Day
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No update today.
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Charles P. Kalina
is here to honour this special day with his 1/72 Special Hobby A4b Rocket
wearing "what-if" US markings. Charles tells the
full story of the real rocket....a manned V-2 and then he goes on to
tell about his very creative model. It does look like
something that is quite possible and a very cool entry for the
anniversary of the Moon landing 45 years ago.
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Friday, July
18 2014
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Johan
Elvin has put
plenty of extra effort to build his 1/48 Tarangus SAAB J 32B
Lansen to a very high level of detail and quality. Johan
did a massive amount of scratchbuilding and added detail sets from
Maestro Models and further detailing from Eduard. Then he
wrapped up this amazing project with a flawlessly done gently
accented paint job that further shows off this model in a
spectacular way. Everything is amazing on this Lansen.
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Jens
Gerber has created a masterpiece with his 1/48 Dragon /
Revell Ju 88 C6. Jens picked the most complicated camo
scheme worn by the Ju 88 and did an excellent job on it. He
also added scratchbuilt parts to make his Ju 88 a night time radar
equipped aircraft. WOW....fantastic work
Jens!!!
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Richard
S. Hayward added a resin cockpit and seat to his 1/48
Hasegawa F-8E VX-4. The markings were custom made by
Richard to give him a very colorful jet. The deployed
speedbrake, raised wing and dropped flaps show off his F-8 in a
wonderful way. This one is a treat to see. |
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Ed
Fuquay has done a
gorgeous job detailing
and finishing his 1/48 Hasegawa
SBD Dauntless. Ed drilled
out all the dive-brake holes before moving on to complete his
classic WW2 USN PTO divebomber to a very high level. It is a
treat to see Ed's Dauntless on ARC. |
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Here's a product article
for the 1/72 Aero C-4/Aero C-104 model kit from
Czech
Master Resin - CMR Models.
This model kit includes
markings for 5 different aircraft.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/144
C-46 Commando TransAir decal sheet from
Maestro
Models. This
model kit includes Transair and UN markings for about 12 aircraft.
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| Thursday,
July 17 2014 |
Iraq Republic Day
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Sajid Saeed Moughal
joins us today with his first article on ARC and I hope to see
more of his models on ARC in the future. This is his
beautifully finished 1/72 Tamiya P-51 Mustang wearing a
flawless looking bare finish and the markings for one of the most
famous Mustangs from WW2. I love the look of this
P-51...welcome to ARC.
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Paul Coppin
is here with his eye catching 1/48 Monogram A-4E Skyhawk.
Paul gave his Scooter a weapons load and drop tanks and finished
it off in a hi-viz paint scheme from USS SHANGRI-LA. This
Monogram kit does build into a very fine looking model as you will
see in Paul's photos.
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Trey
Andrews is here with his 1/144 Arii P3C Orion. Trey
built this one in 3 days for his wife.....3 long days, but the end
result is fantastic as you will see in the photos. Trey
explains the process he used to make and weather the runway.
I'm impressed how detailed this model is considering it is 1/144
scale. |
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Mazlan Yusof
has done a
marvelous job building and finishing his 1/48 Frems Aermacchi MB339A.
Mazlan finished his MB339 in the national markings for the Royal
Malaysian Airforce (RMAF). I like the camo scheme on this
trainer. |
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Here's a product article
for the 1/72
P-51A Exhaust resin set from QuickBoost.
This detail set is designed for the Academy kit.
This detail set is
available directly from
Sprue
Brothers Models.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/32
Sorbitsya Pods for the Su-27, Su-30 and Su-35 Flanker
from Zactomodels.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/72
Dassault Mirage F.1 - Pitot Tube & Angle Of Attack probe from
Master.
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| Tuesday,
July 15 2014 |
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Chris Parsons is
becoming a P-51 fan and you will see in his article.
Chris is here with 1/32 to 1/144 Mustangs - Bottisham Four all
flying in formation. The 1/32 Mustang is the Tamiya kit and
Chris has a very high opinion of that kit and his finished models
turned out looking first class and the 4 of them flying in formation
is a very cool idea.
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Dragan Cvetic is
here with his very attractive looking 1/72 Hasegawa F-15I Israeli Air Force.
Dragan dressed up the cockpit with seatbelts and then finished
it off with a Israeli camo scheme complete with subtle panel line
shading for add effect. I love the look of the Israeli jets.
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Gianni Chirico
is here in style with his 1/72 Revell Messerschmitt Me-262 A-1a.
Gianni added seatbelts and brakelines and then gave it a very
complicated camo scheme with just a careful amount of weathering to
complete the look. His 262 looks excellent from every angle. |
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Richard Boxem
got all the details looking perfect on his 1/48
Tamiya A-1H Skyraider. Richard gave his Skyraider a full
weapons load and then chose a very colorful scheme to complete his
model. This is one very sharp looking Skyraider model. |
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
N1K2-J Shiden-Kai Gun Barrels from
QuickBoost.
This set is
designed for the Hasegawa kit.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/72
Su-27 Flanker late style wheels and paint masks from
Aires.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
F/A-18F "Live By The Sword" decal sheet from
Fightertown
Decals.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/72
Sea Hawk FGA.6 resin cockpit set from
Pavla
Models.
This set is
designed for the HobbyBoss kit.
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| Monday,
July 14 2014 |
France National Day
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Bartosz Piotrowski
is here to honour Bastille Day with his
1/72 Heller Mirage IV A. Bartosz added seatbelts to dress
up the cockpit and then finished it off in French markings to make
it the perfect addition for today's update. I love the paint
work you did Bartosz. |
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José Miguel
did an exceptional job on his 1/72 Cyber Hobby F6F-5N Hellcat.
José added Eduard photo etch to the cockpit to give it that
extra detail and then gave the paint job the multi-shaded faded look
of a Hellcat that did battle under the hot Pacific sun aboard the
USS Independence in 1944.
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Darius Aibara
is here with one of the best looking paint schemes worn by a
Mirage V. This is his sharp looking 1/48 Academy Mirage V BR
in a special Belgium Air Force paint scheme. Darius did
some extra work to convert this recce bird Mirage III into a
Mirage V and even upgraded parts of the cockpit for a better look.
This one is sweet!!! |
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Jorge Bonilla Alvarado
has taken the classic 1/48 Monogram P-39 Airacobra and
built it out of the box to a very high level. These older
Monogram kit certainly build up nicely if you give them a tiny bit
of effort. Very nicely done Jorge. |
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Here's a product article
for the 1/32
USAF 150 gallon fuel bowser from Aerobonus.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/72
F-14D Tomcat Front Undercarriage Covers from
QuickBoost.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48 Fw 190A-F Prop & Spinner VDM 9-12153A Metal
Blades with external weights
from
Ultracast.
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| Saturday, July
12 2014 |
Sao Tome and Principe Independence Day
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| Friday, July
11 2014 |
Mongolia National Celebration Day
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Richard Speckley
has been busy getting his 1/48 Tamiya Fairey Swordfish Mk 1 looking
just right. This is a wonderful model kit and Richard did it
justice. His Swordfish is flawlessly built and the faded paint
job looks very realistic.
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Shawn
"phantom" Weiler is here with his very good looking
1/48 Hasegawa F-18B Hornet. Shawn built this beauty for a
Group Build here on ARC and finished it in NASA markings and a
splendid white paint scheme. |
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Yuval Kizner
has done a gorgeous job detailing
1/72 Revell Do-335. Yuval gave his Pfeil full engine
detail for both engines which is quite the achievement in 1/72
scale. The rest of the model is a beauty as well. |
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Bud Norris
is a very famous modeller and this is his Three 1/48 Revell F-86Ds
that appeared on ARC in the past. This diorama represents
a scene from his time at Naha AB, Okinawa, circa 1958. It's
always a special event if you ever get to see Bud's work and this
Sabre Diorama is loaded with endless detail. |
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Here's a product
article
for the 1/48
P-47D-25 Thunderbolt interior photo etch detail set
from
Eduard
Model Accessories.
This set is designed for
the Academy Minicraft kit.
This detail set is
available directly from
Sprue
Brothers Models
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Here's a product
article
for the 1/48
MiG-3 Late Gun Barrels and Pitot Tube from QuickBoost.
This set is designed for
the Trumpeter kit.
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| Thursday, July
10 2014 |
Invasion
of Sicily - Allied Landings at Sicily in 1943 |
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Carmel J. Attard
is here with two 1/72 Matchbox-Revell FJ-4B Fury. Carmel
used some aftermarket items and his own highly skilled
scratchbuilding skills to improve the detail on both of his Furys
and then finished them off in some very attractive markings.
Both of these are a treat to see and his article is a treasure trove
of helpful step by step info on building an 1/72 FJ-4B Fury.
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Ian T.M. Holahan
is here with his big and very impressive 1/32 Revell of Germany He-219 Uhu.
Ian chose a very complicated camo scheme with just the perfect
amount of weathering to complete this night fighter. I love
the job he did on the cockpit.
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Dave Ramshaw
has done a spectacular job weathering his 1/48 Hasegawa F-14A.
The Tomcat is known for having plenty of weathering and Dave
captured this look very well indeed. |
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Darius Aibara
has done an exceptional job on his bare metal finish 1/48 Tamiya F-51 Mustang.
Darius reveals a very good technique to help you get that
multi-shaded effect on your next bare metal finish. |
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Here's a product article
for the 1/32
J2M Raiden Pitot Tube from
QuickBoost.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
Jaguar GR1/3 cockpit set from
Neomega.
This set is designed for
the Kitty Hawk kit.
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| Wednesday,
July 9 2014 |
Argentina Independence Day
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Mauricio Castro
is here with one of the most famous and best looking Mustangs.
This is his 1/32 Tamiya P-51D Mustang Cripes A’Mighty 3rd George Preddy
in all it's wonderful glory with excellent detailing, flawless
painting and full D-Day stripes. It doesn't get much better
than this.....sit back and enjoy each photo. |
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Fly-n-hi
has added plenty of aftermarket goodies to his 1/48 Italeri IAF F-16C Barak.
The resin items included a cockpit, burner can, wheels and pitot
tubes along with weapons from different sources and it was all
pulled together with a big amount of patience and persistence to
pull it all together into this stunning Israeli jet. I love
the look of the finished model....this one is a gem. |
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Moses
is here with his big eye popping 1/450 Hasegawa IJN Akagi.
Moses added Eduard photo etch railings and then preceeded to
build this WW2 Japanese carrier to a very high level of
quality. Moses is an exceptional modeller and it is always a
special treat when one of his models is on the ARC homepage. |
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Shaun Bowman-Davies
is here with his fully loaded and
marvelous looking 1/72 Revell BAe Harrier GR7.
Shaun built his RAF Harrier with a weapons load that was used
during the Gulf War and he finished it off with just the perfect
amount of weathering to capture the true look of a British Harrier. |
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Here's a product article
for the 1/72 Japanese Type
98 WWII Gunsight from
QuickBoost. |
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Here's a product article
for the 1/24
German aircraft machine gun MG 17 barrels from Master.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/32 Bf
109E wheels from
CMK.
This set is designed for
the Eduard and Hasegawa kits
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Here's a product article
for the 1/72 Aermacchi MB 326 resin cockpit set from
Pavla
Models.
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| Tuesday,
July 8 2014 |
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Paul
Coppin gets things started in style today with his 1/48 AMT
A-20G Little Joe. This aircraft served during WW2 in the
Philippines and Paul gave it a weathering job to show the way it
would look in the PTO. Very nicely done Paul. |
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Serge Dompierre
has done his usual flawless job on his 1/48 Heller Dassault Super Étendard.
Serge chose French Navy markings and a very attractive camo
scheme. I love the look of the camo on this jet...beautiful
work Serge.
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Albert Moore
joins us with his beautifully done OOB build of the 1/48 Hasegawa AH-64D.
Alby chose US Army markings and his Apache looks fantastic from
every angle. |
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Peter Doll
is a very talented modeller and you will see that in his 1/48 Monogram Convair B-58A Hustler.
Peter covered his B-58 with kitchen aluminum foil, which is a
very difficult thing to do, but Peter did an exceptional job with
flawless results. |
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Here's a product article
for the 1/32
Su-27 Early Tail Stinger from Zactomodels.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
Sea King AEW radar cover from
QuickBoost.
This set is designed for
the Hasegawa kit
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
MiG-15 Cockpit from Jaguar.
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Pelikan Guys
are here with
some photos of their recent Pelikan Guys Model Show - Riccione
2014 in Central Italy. It looks like it was a very
enjoyable day for everyone involved.....thanks for sharing guys. |
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Shawn "phantom" Weiler
is here with his cool looking
1/48 Hasegawa A-4E. Shawn built this one for a Group Build
on ARC and I must say I love the look of the camo on this A-4.
Shawn built this one using Twobobs decals. |
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Dragan Cvetic
is here with a chopper you don't see very often. This is
his 1/72 Heller Soko Gazelle Gama in the markings of a
Yugoslav Gazelle complete with missiles. I love the look of
this chopper. |
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Bill Bulek
is here from Canada with his 1/32 Academy F-18,
which turned out looking excellent....Bill has a very funny story
about his CF-18. |
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H.Ufuk Aydiner
is here with a camo scheme I love to see on the 109. This is
his 1/48 Hasegawa Me-109 F4 in a flawlessly done winter camo.
This is a very tricky paint scheme to do, but Ufuk got his 109
looking perfect. |
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Here's a product article
for the 1/72
Wellington Mk. III interior photo etch detail set
from
Eduard
Model Accessories.
This set is designed for
the Trumpeter kit.
This detail set is
available directly from
Sprue
Brothers Models.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/72
SB2C-4 Helldiver Exhaust from
QuickBoost.
This set is designed for
the Academy kit.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48 Fw 190A-F Prop & Spinner VDM 9-12067A Metal
Blades from
Ultracast.
This set is designed for
the Hasegawa kit.
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Liberia Independence Day 
Maldives Independence Day 
Colombia Independence Day 
USA Moon Landing - First Human on the Moon (1969) 
Solomon Islands National Day 
Terrorist Subway attacks in the UK July 7 2005 